Researcher
Fransiska Malfait
- Keywords:collagen, OSteogenesis Imperfecta, pain, connective tissue, proteoglycans, heritavle connective tissue disorders, Genetics, Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes
- Disciplines:Medical genomics, Musculo-skeletal systems
Affiliations
- Department of Biomolecular Medicine (Department)
Member
From1 Oct 2018 → Today - Department of Pediatrics and medical genetics (Department)
Member
From1 Oct 2000 → 30 Sep 2018
Projects
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- Zebrafish as a model to study pain in Ehlers-Danlos syndromesFrom1 Jan 2023 → TodayFunding: Foundations, funds and other with scientific goal
- Ehlers-Danlos Grant Agreement Fransiska Malfait: "Elucidating the genetic basis of Ehlers-Danlos syndromes using whole genome sequencing"From1 Dec 2022 → TodayFunding: Foreign public sponsor
- Ehlers-Danlos Grant Agreement Delfien Syx: "Generation of zebrafish models of classical Ehlers-Danlos syndrome"From1 Dec 2022 → TodayFunding: Foreign public sponsor
- Understanding human linkeropathies: study of the phenotypic and molecular consequences of defective biosynthesis of the glycosaminoglycan tetrasaccharide linker region.From1 Jan 2022 → TodayFunding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
- Investigating Pain-Related Phenotypes in a Mouse Model of Ehlers-Danlos SyndromesFrom16 Aug 2021 → TodayFunding: Other international institutions, not mentioned elsewhere
- Unraveling the Pathomechanisms Underlying Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome: an Integrated Omics ApproachFrom16 Aug 2021 → TodayFunding: Other international institutions, not mentioned elsewhere
- An integrated translational platform to improve the management and outcome of rare heritable connective tissue diseaseFrom1 Jan 2021 → TodayFunding: BOF - projects
- Research equipment for behavior analysis in zebrafish disease models.From1 Dec 2020 → 30 Nov 2022Funding: BOF - scientific equipment program
- Identifying a pain signature in classical Ehlers-Danlos syndromeFrom1 Nov 2020 → 30 Sep 2023Funding: FWO fellowships
- Zebrafish as a model to study pain in rare subtypes of Ehlers-Danlos syndromesFrom1 Nov 2020 → 31 Dec 2021Funding: Other international institutions, not mentioned elsewhere
Publications
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- Flemish network on rare connective tissue diseases (CTD) : patient pathways in systemic sclerosis : first steps taken(2024)
Authors: Yves Piette, J. Aerts, N. Aerts, S. Ajeganova, V. Badot, N. Berghen, D. Blockmans, Guy Brusselle, N. Caeyers, Melissa De Decker, et al.
Pages: 26 - 33 - Somatic symptoms, pain, catastrophizing and the association with disability among children with heritable connective tissue disorders(2023)
Authors: Lisanne de Koning, Jessica A. Warnink-Kavelaars, Marion van Rossum, Diederik A. Bosman, Leonie Menke, Fransiska Malfait, Rosa de Boer, Jaap Oosterlaan, Raoul H. H. Engelbert, Lies Rombaut
Pages: 1792 - 1803 - Home-based exercise therapy for treating shoulder instability in patients with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome/hypermobility spectrum disorders : a randomized trial(2023)
Authors: Valentien Spanhove, Inge De Wandele, Fransiska Malfait, Patrick Calders, Ann Cools
Pages: 1811 - 1821 - Bone parameters in hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and hypermobility spectrum disorder : a comparative cross-sectional study(2023)
Authors: Marie Coussens, Thiberiu Banica, Bruno Lapauw, Inge De Wandele, Lies Rombaut, Fransiska Malfait, Patrick Calders
- Clinical and molecular features of 66 patients with musculocontractural EhlersU+2212Danlos syndrome caused by pathogenic variants in CHST14 (mcEDS-CHST14)(2022)
Authors: Mari Minatogawa, Ai Unzaki, Hiroko Morisaki, Tohru Sonoda, Andreas R Janecke, Anne Slavotinek, Nicol C Voermans, Yves Lacassie, Roberto Mendoza-Londono, Klaas J Wierenga, et al.
Pages: 865 - 877 - Surveillance and monitoring in vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome in European Reference Network For Rare Vascular Diseases (VASCERN)(2022)
Authors: Ingrid M.B.H. van de Laar, Annette F. Baas, Julie De Backer, Jan D. Blankenstein, Eelco Dulfer, Apollonia T.J.M. Helderman-van den Enden, Arjan C. Houweling, Marlies JE. Kempers, Bart Loeys, Fransiska Malfait, et al.
- Further insights in the FKBP14-related khyphoscoliotic Ehlers-Danlos syndrome : report of 3 unrelated individuals and 2 new pathogenic variants(2022)Volume: 30
Authors: Marlies Colman, Robin Vroman, Tibbe Dhooge, Zoë Malfait, Birute Burnyte, Sheela Nampoothiri, Fransiska Malfait
Pages: 167 - 167 - Altered multiU+2010segment ankle and foot kinematics during gait in patients with Hypermobile EhlersU+2010Danlos Syndrome/Hypermobility spectrum disorder : a caseU+2010control study(2022)
Authors: Stefan Vermeulen, Sophie De Mits, Roel De Ridder, Joris De Schepper, Fransiska Malfait, Lies Rombaut
Pages: 841 - 848 - Kyphoscoliotic EhlersU+2010Danlos syndrome caused by pathogenic variants in FKBP14 : further insights into the phenotypic spectrum and pathogenic mechanisms(2022)
Authors: Marlies Colman, Robin Vroman, Tibbe Dhooge, Zoë Malfait, Biruté Burnyté, Sheela Nampoothiri, Ariana Kariminejad, Fransiska Malfait
Pages: 1994 - 2009 - The impact of hypermobile 'Ehlers-Danlos syndrome' and hypermobile spectrum disorder on interpersonal interactions and relationships(2022)
Authors: Stijn De Baets, Marieke De Temmerman, Fransiska Malfait, Inge De Wandele, Dominique Van de Velde